Statistics for occurrence #1 of “the Rev. John B. Wight” in chapter 6 of Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3.:

... It was finally decided that it should be optional with the individual citizens to pay the required tax, and with this understanding the library was opened to the public in August, 1850. In 1851 the Rev. John B. Wight , Wayland's Representative in the Legislature, introduced a bill authorizing any town to establish and maintain for its citizens a public library. This bill became a law in May, 1851. This law, wh...
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